EXCLUSIVE: Iranian American producer and director Evan Mirzai’s House of M has acquired all rights to The Cupid Index, the debut 2021 novel of UK-Iranian novelist Sheeva Moshiri about a 30-year-old woman caught between her U.S. upbringing and wealthy traditional Persian background.
Mirzai, who has made the Black List four times and is co-founder of the WGA’s Middle Eastern Writers Committee, has adapted the novel into a feature script he will direct, produce and co-finance under his House of M banner
The principal cast includes Shiva Negar (Deadly Vows, American Assassin), Alexander Uloom (House of David) and Sam Asghari (Jackpot, Lioness) and will also feature viral comedy influencers and actors Jake Jonez and Caroline Kennedy.
Mirzai says the “modestly budgeted” rom-com is applying for California tax credits.
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According to Mirzai, The Cupid Index tells the story of “a Persian Princess
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